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Latvia’s Chief of Defence Visits Finland

25.9.2017 14.00Press release

General Leonīds Kalniņš, Commander of the Latvian Armed Forces will be conducting a working visit to Finland on 25-26 September 2017. The visit will be hosted by the Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General Jarmo Lindberg.

During his visit General Kalniņš will meet with Finnish Minister of Defence, Mr Jussi Niinistö, among others. He will also be familiarised with Finland's military national defence.

The Finnish Defence Forces' Finland 100

The theme of the Finnish Defence Forces' Finland 100 Jubilee Year is National defence is everybody's business. The national parades of 2017 will be arranged on 4 June in Helsinki and the Independence Day parade on 6 December in Kuopio.